Born in Rusk, Texas, and a 1967 graduate of Connecticut College, she later joined the Actors Studio as a life member. Her screen debut arrived with the soap Bright Promise (1969-70) and a stint on Days of Our Lives in 1975, establishing a foothold in television before moving to film.
She entered cinema with John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween, portraying Nurse Marion Chambers, a role…
